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Job Title

Community Hospice Sister (Registered Nurse)

We require the services of x3 (three) Full
time and x1 (one) Part time Community
Hospice Sisters who will be responsible for providing Palliative care and
support to community referred patients with life-threatening illness.

ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATION, KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERIENCE

Diploma in General Nursing or Degree in Nursing
Science (General, Psychiatry, Community and Midwifery)

A minimum of 3 years related experience

Ø Diploma
or Certification in Palliative Care ( added advantage)

Ø MS Office Suite literacy – Outlook, Word,
Excel

Unendorsed
driver’s licence

Fluency
in at least 2 official languages and an understanding of palliative care and
its role in society (added advantage)

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Attend to- and provide care
of the patients of SLCH within the guidelines of nursing act and the philosophy
of the organisation

Assess, monitor and advise
patients on pain and symptom control in accordance with the patient’s medical
advisory team

Develop and implement
the nursing plan in accordance with the
patient’s medical advisory team

Provide relevant support to
the family of the patients

Refer patients
to other specialised services within the organisation if and when so required

Maintain all
patient data in accordance with the requirements of the law, instructions from
the medical team and within the guidelines of SLCH

Perform other
duties, as and when so requested, in support of team goals.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Resilience and stress management

Interpersonal sensitivity

Team leadership

Problem solving

Judgement and decision making

Monitoring

Team work

Engaging diversity

Verbal and written communication

SCREENING PROCEDURE

All
applicants are expected to provide or avail themselves for:

A letter of motivation for the
application and a fully completed application form (available from the HR
office)

A Curriculum Vitae (not exceeding 3
pages)

Other proficiency assessments to assess
competence in areas required, inclusive of a panel interview.

Closing
date: COB 10th July 2018. All applications received within the time frames
will be considered. Applicants who do not receive a
response on their application within 5 working days of the closing date of the
advertisement, are to accede that the application was not successful. Please forward your application for the
attention of Chandre Williams at vacancies@stlukes.co.za , citing the reference number top left.

Note

St Luke’s Combined Hospices reserves the right not to make an appointment
to this position

St Luke’s Combined Hospices is guided by the principles of Employment
Equity

On behalf of
Management, we wish you well in your application and future endeavours!

St Luke’s Combined Hospices provides specialised end of life
medical and nursing care, known as palliative care, to people with
life-limiting illnesses.

Palliative care focuses on providing relief from the
symptoms and stress of a life-limiting illness with the goal of improving
quality of life for patients and their family. We do this through professional
home and in-ward nursing support, as well as providing physical, emotional,
psychosocial and spiritual care and bereavement support throughout the greater
Cape Town area.

St Luke’s cares for patients from all walks of life
regardless of ethnic/religious affiliation or ability to pay - no matter how
long or short the length of time the patient requires hospice care. Find out
more on how to get hospice care.